ONCE (ONe-sided Cell End effector) Robotic Drilling System

2002-01-2626

09/30/2002

Event
2002 SAE Automated Fastening Conference & Exhibition
Authors Abstract
Content
The ONCE robotic drilling system utilizes a mass produced, high capacity industrial robot as the motion platform for an automated drilling, countersinking, and hole inspection machine for the skin to substructure join on the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet wing trailing edge flaps (TEF). Historically, robots have lacked the accuracy, payload capacity, and stiffness required for aerospace drilling applications. Recent improvements in positional accuracy and payload capacity, along with position and stiffness compensation, have enabled the robot to become an effective motion platform. Coupled with a servo-controlled multifunction end effector (MFEE), hole locations have successfully been placed within the specification's +/-0.060″ tolerance. The hole diameters and countersinks have proven to be very accurate, with countersink depth variation at 0.0025″ worst case.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-2626
Pages
10
Citation
DeVlieg, R., Sitton, K., Feikert, E., and Inman, J., "ONCE (ONe-sided Cell End effector) Robotic Drilling System," SAE Technical Paper 2002-01-2626, 2002, https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-2626.
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Publisher
Published
Sep 30, 2002
Product Code
2002-01-2626
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English